Joy’s husband was terrified of this sickly pink chair she had lugged home from the thrift store one day. She promised him it wouldn’t stay pink for long, and that she totally knew how to reupholster it. Except she didn’t.
So Joy googled and researched and bought books and tools and waited until her husband went out of town, which, in her words: “Gave me the freedom to cuss and scream and turn the living room into a craft room while watching all seven Harry Potter movies and drinking several bottles of wine and not have to ‘splain nothin’ to nobody.”
And everything turns out fantastic in the end! Except Dumbledore dies. Oooh, I hope that wasn’t a spoiler! Check out the progress on her blog Girl v. The World.
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15 Comments
Steph @ Birdhouse
August 4, 2011 at 10:44 PMLove this redo! The after is stunning! And totally worth the cussing and drinking!
Meg and Mum's
August 4, 2011 at 11:43 PMSimply gorgeous!!
The Invisible Mo
August 5, 2011 at 12:48 AMVery nice job! I love it!
NanaDiana
August 5, 2011 at 1:13 AMAmazing makeover and that’s the first chair she ever did? She needs to be in the reupholstery business- xo Diana
Korrie@RedHenHome
August 5, 2011 at 2:56 AMThe redo is beautiful, but the commentary is my *favorite* part! Great work, Lindsey!
Cindy
August 5, 2011 at 3:13 AMUmmmm, Uhhhhh… i liked the pink, i would have just painted the wood…
but the after is completely fabulous as anything, and the commentary about drinking wine and cursing and watching harry potter made it even better…
Cindy
Pamela Bates/Bates Mercantile Co.
August 5, 2011 at 1:17 PMLOVE it. very elegant.
Joyful
August 5, 2011 at 1:25 PMGorgeous! I have that same chair except mine is in orange floral. Guess I need to go check out how she reupholstered it.
Peggy57
August 5, 2011 at 3:11 PMLove this chair especially the fabric it would look great in my bedroom. Did she say where she got it?
Martha
August 5, 2011 at 3:19 PMDoes she have a PhD in anything? Because the way that she studied those books proves that she’d be highly capable of completing one! Man! That is professional-quality work there! My husband is away and I only planned on painting the kitchen cabinets. You win!
Kristin Lea
August 5, 2011 at 6:17 PMThe After is simply gorgeous!!
Allyson & Jere
August 6, 2011 at 1:12 AMIMPRESSIVE! I to plan to redo a chair, and have NO IDEA how. I’m scared, but determined to figure it out. LOVE this chair.
Allyson & Jere
August 6, 2011 at 1:12 AMIMPRESSIVE! I to plan to redo a chair, and have NO IDEA how. I’m scared, but determined to figure it out. LOVE this chair.
Allyson & Jere
August 6, 2011 at 1:12 AMIMPRESSIVE! I to plan to redo a chair, and have NO IDEA how. I’m scared, but determined to figure it out. LOVE this chair.
Sacha
August 7, 2011 at 1:41 PMGorgeous!